Consistently astounding in its honesty and its ability to surprise its audience over and over again, "Rebel Hearts" is a delightful and ultimately touching look at some of history's most unlikely progressive fighters.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 7, 2022

"Rebel Hearts" was surprisingly wholesome, delightful, and cheeky, showing another side of women that devote their lives to religion.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 7, 2022

In between all the scattered gathering of information and clippings, Rebel Hearts loses the heart of its story: the women themselves.

| Feb 3, 2022

An educational and moving example of how these deeply faithful women navigated the patriarchy of the Catholic Church.

| Jan 11, 2022

Rebel Hearts provides an inspirational example for those who want to make a real difference in the world.

| Jan 11, 2022

Told through the voices of the women themselves, director Pedro Kos uses a creative mix of interviews, animation, archival footage combined with old newspaper articles to create an entertaining, lively and unforgettable film.

| Jan 11, 2022

Rebel Hearts is a compelling from-the-heart documentary...

| Jan 11, 2022

Rebel Hearts is ultimately inspiring and sure to do well among general audiences.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 8, 2021

The film is a lively and informative look at Los Angeles's Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters, an order that operated its own college in Los Feliz outside of diocese rule.

| Jul 23, 2021

Rebel Hearts fails to live up to its own impressive subject matter, reducing the Sisters' complex struggle to just over ninety minutes of feel-good fare.

| Jul 23, 2021

An interesting documentary about institutionalized religious misogyny well worth checking out.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 18, 2021

A feisty community of selfless nuns, The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, had the Jesus spirit to stand up to the patriarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.

| Original Score: A | Jul 16, 2021

Both moving and uplifting...what makes 'Rebel Hearts' memorable is the spirit and resilience of this group of Catholic nuns who fought an early battle in the struggle against a patriarchal, conservative system that is far from over.

| Original Score: B | Jun 29, 2021

Rebel Hearts will enlighten viewers about heroines who were unwilling to shrink in the face of the misogynistic patriarchy that denounced their every decision as though ordained by God.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 27, 2021

After watching the documentary Rebel Hearts, I have seen how the rigid and outwardly sexist patriarchal hierarchy of the church took advantage of nuns at a time when women in general were fighting for their rights.

| Jun 26, 2021

It's just a fantastic story that's really well researched... It has so much style and fun.

| Jun 25, 2021

It's thrilling to watch them coming into their own.

| Jun 25, 2021

Both inspiring and revelatory, sharing the life wisdom of its well-educated subjects and a danceable soundtrack curated by music supervisor Tracy McKnight, Rebel Hearts is a blessed and joyful movie.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 25, 2021

In spite of its form not being as compelling as its subjects, Rebel Hearts is still an inspired and inspirational recounting of a historical moment.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2021

So maybe "Rebel Hearts" is the tantalizing prelude that spurs more stories about not just the Sisters of Immaculate Heart but forgotten women everywhere who vowed to change things.

| Jun 24, 2021